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Weekly Newsletter |
November 2, 2020
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Dear colleagues-
We’ve made it to November and it seems like we are now racing through to Thanksgiving, with the stress of our elections being our lens for the week.
Consequently, we are keeping this week’s newsletter short.
A few upcoming events in the EJ world include our 3rd Lunch and Learn with Laura Zanotti on 11/11. And our second co-sponsored film is También la Lluvia (Even the Rain). Registration for both is open now.
Today also marks the publication of our third issue of Earth Today; as you know, this is a new initiative so we encourage you to share this with your undergraduates this week. This month's departmental focus is on EEE, Environmental and Ecological Engineering.
Read on for additional opportunities and events.
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| Upcoming Events |
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| Building on the Center for the Environment’s year-long program of conversations about intersections between environmental and social justice, Dr. Laura Zanotti, Center Associate Director and Professor in Anthropology, will highlight frameworks of environmental justice and ways they have been mobilized at both sites of global environmental governance and in national contexts to support Indigenous Peoples' rights. Reflecting on collaborative partnerships with Mebêngôkre-Kayapó Peoples, she will detail current threats facing Indigenous Peoples rights in Brazil and pursuits for justice. All are welcome to attend. Register here. |
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Environmental Justice Film Series
Monday, November 23, 6:00 PM | Virtual The 2020-2021 Environmental Justice Film Series continues with the film También la Lluvia (Even the Rain), a story about a director and producer who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting the conquests of Christopher Columbus and, while there, find themselves embroiled in controversy. The film will be followed by a post-screening discussion. The Series is Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Environment, Native American Educational and Cultural Center, The Department of Spanish and Portuguese/School of Languages and Cultures, Department of Anthropology, The Arequipa Nexus Institute JEDI Postdoctoral Working Group, & The Division of Student Life. Register for the screening here. |
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| Upcoming Conferences |
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Big Ten Academic Alliance GIS Conference
November 13, 2020 | Registration Open Now
Registration now is open for Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) GIS Conference. This is a one-day conference that brings geographic information users across disciplines from different Big Ten institutions. It will be entirely online. Registration is free and open to all. The schedule is attached with this email. More information, along with the Conference agenda, is available here. |
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DOE Energy-Water Desalination Hub
November 18-19, 2020
In late 2019, Center affiliate David Warsinger participated in the DOE call for teams to support its Energy-Water Desalination Hub. By mid-2020, Purdue became affiliated with one of the successful teams, the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI). Along with co-founding laboratories Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, NAWI brings together a team of industry and academic partners to examine the critical technical barriers and research needed to radically lower the cost and energy of desalination. On November 18th-19th, the NAWI team will hold its virtual annual meeting and registration is free. If you are interested in learning about this DOE project and/or the conference, please contact David directly. |
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Issue number 3 of Earth Today, our monthly environmental newsletter for undergrads, came out today.
As a new initiative of the Center this year, we are now providing a newsletter that brings together environmentally-focused resources and news, specifically for undergraduates at Purdue. Each issue features an academic program and a course that each emphasize environmental programs at Purdue, an active, environmentally-driven student club, and an array of events and programs on and off-campus.
Faculty are encouraged to forward the link to their students. |
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Funding Opportunities & Workshops
COVID-19 Funding Opportunities – This list is
updated frequently.
IEEE USAID Fellowship Opportunity
IEEE-USA is seeking members interested in serving as advisors to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The fellowship offers an opportunity for members of the science, technology, and engineering community to provide valuable technical expertise to USAID while learning about and contributing to the foreign policy process and while living in Washington, D.C. for a year. Applicants must be an IEEE Member (which includes those in graduate student membership status) in good standing at the time of application and must possess either:
- a Ph.D., or
- a Master's degree plus a minimum of five (5) years of full-time, professional work experience.
Click here for more details and information on the application process.
NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering
This solicitation will establish a group of HDR Institutes for data-intensive research in science and engineering that can accelerate discovery and innovation in a broad array of research domains. The HDR Institutes will support convergence between science and engineering research communities as well as expertise in data science foundations, systems, applications, and cyberinfrastructure. In addition, the HDR Institutes will enable breakthroughs in science and engineering through collaborative, co-designed programs to formulate innovative data-intensive approaches to address critical national challenges. Deadline: January 21
DOD-DARPA Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide
This BAA seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not being addressed by ongoing I2O programs or other published solicitations. Potential proposers are highly encouraged to review the current I2O programs and solicitations to avoid proposing efforts that duplicate existing activities or that are responsive to other published I2O solicitations. Deadlines: September 23, 2021 – Abstract; October 28, 2021 – Proposal due
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges and Grand Challenges Explorations
The Gates Foundation is accepting applications for three program areas. Their goal is to harness innovation around emerging technologies for transformative solutions to key global health and agricultural development problems, and they seek to anchor the work with the investigators and implementers closest to the problems, who have the knowledge and perspective to direct the right approaches to the right parts of the problems to help ensure success. Topics include:
DOE Request for Information
Understanding Workforce-Development Assets and Gaps for Technical and Non-Technical Bioenergy Workforce Preparation. Responses due by November 2
Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative
This program spurs critically needed research that will increase the sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of agriculturally important crop and livestock species. Grant recipients receive donations of Illumina products to support their projects. Deadline: December 4
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